Cue-tip holder



June 9, 1925. j

J. H. BUSCHER CUE TIP HOLDER Filed uz. 23, 1923 gaa/vanto@ www,

Patented June 9, 1925.

JOHN H.VBUSCHER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. l

CUEJIII HOLDER.

Application led August 23, 192,3. Serial No. 658,860.

To a?? fui/0m it may concer/a.' n

Be it known that I, JOHN H. B'Uscirlnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at iVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cue-Tip Holders, of which the following is a specification.

In carrying out the present invention it is my purpose to provide a holder for the tips of pool cues wherein these tips maybe attached to or removed from the eues in a novel, simple and expeditious manner, the nature of the same being such as to permit of the attachment of a tip to the cue without the usual necessity of applying a compresser tool thereto which necessitates the setting aside of the cut for a certain length of time until the tip has become properly secured to the cue and therefore prevent the cue from being used during this time.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of a holder for cue tips that is extremely simple of construction and one that may be manufactured and marketed at extremely small cost and that may be operated by those unskilled in the art, this holder embracing at the same time the desired features of ell'iciency `and durability and one that will maintain the tip in positive secured relation to the cue.

With the above and other objects in view as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combina-tion and arrangement of parts set forth in the following detailed specication, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is an elevational view of a cue equipped with my novel cue tip holder,

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail cross sec tion thereof,

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken substantially upon the line 3 3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 in a slightly modified form of the invention, and

Figure 5 is a perspective of the cue tip per se that is employed in conjunction with my novel holder.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, 5 designates a well known form of pool` cue that is reduced at its upper end and screw-threaded for providing an tachment post 6. i Y

My novel cue tip holder embodies a tip receiving head 7 preferably of metal and being circular in crosssection and being provided at its lower end with a screwthrea'ded socket for the reception of the screw-threaded post (5 of the cue 5. In the form of the invention shown in Figures l, 2 and 3, this head 7 is cut away at its upper end within which cut-away portion is adapted to be positioned a clamp section S it being noted from a consideration of Figure 2 that this cut-away portion at its lower end is curved for receiving the lower curved portion of the inner side of said clamp section 8, this clamp section adapted to be secured to said head through the medium of a set-screw 9 the head thereof being countersunk within this clamp section for obviousl purposes.

Formed within the upper end of a head 7 as well as the clamp section 8 are mating semi-circular cut-out portions for providing a socket for the lower reduced portion 10 of a leather cue tip 1l. Immediately above said semicircular cut-out portions of the head 7 and clamp section 8 the material. is bent over to provide flanges 12 which. flanges are formed intermediate their ends with inwardly extending Vshaped lugs 13 that bite into the cue tip material as clearly shown in Figure 3 for preventing the accidental displacement of a tip from the holder and for also preventing the turning movement of the tip therein.

In the form of the invention shown iny Figure 4c the head 7 is formed at its upper end with an L-shaped cut-out portion for receiving a straight somewhat rectangular shaped clamp section 8 which` I believe will be a stronger construction than that showin in Figures l, 2 and 3, it being of course unn derstood in this connection that other than this change the holder isr identical. with the holder shown in said Figures l, 2 and 8.

In view of the foregoing, it will be at once apparent to those skilled in the art that I have provided a highly novel and simplified form of holder for cue tips and one that will meet with all of the requirements for a Vsuccessful commercial use.

Other modifications may be had without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.l

Having thus described 1ny invention, what I clann as new and desire to secure-by Letters Patent-1s ,A cue tipiholder comprising a fer-rule hay# Y ing at one end arecess leading in from theV side thereof, the inner wall of the recess lying 1n a plane coincident with the axis of the furrow, the said errule being provided at its end with a semi-circular'jaw having an inwardly disposed arcuate flange and a screw vpassing` transversely through the clamp section and entering the body ol the ferrule, said clamp section being provided at its end with a semi-circular jaw having` an inwardly disposed arc-uateflange and a pointed lug` provided upon the last `mentioned flange at a point midway between the I ends thereof and having` its pointed end di.'-

posed toward the axis of the errule, the said pointed lugs being aligned diametrically of the ferrule.

In testimony whereof I affix iny signature.

JOHN H. Bossi-IER; 

